Yet the need for additional political impetus on child poverty has never been greater. Projections from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that after the downward drift of the past decade, 800,000 more children are expected to live in poverty by 2020 (cypnow.co.uk, 11 October). The figures suggest that on current trends, the target of eliminating child poverty by 2020, to which all the major parties are committed, will be missed.
We need an approach that builds on what has worked in previous years. That's investing in child benefit and child tax credits, providing help for parents to find and afford the childcare they need to take up jobs, and genuine help for people to find jobs on which they can raise a family.
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